"I must do my exercises"

I'm loving the latest "Charlie and Lola"...

...but ought to go over to the park for some sun and exercise

I may need some help to get started

HOW many reps did you say?!!

Gotta lose those tuckshop arms

Not sure what these knee-bends are meant to do

Betcha can't do this!



Hmm. That personal trainer's soooo annoying

Enough! I'm off home!

Exhausted! Exercise can kill

Today I visited, for the first time, the grave of my grandmother, Brigid who died, aged 25, when my mother was born in 1917. I went with Tricia and Bon who had done the research and knew how to find the right grave. It had been vandalised and is in bad repair.  In the Catholic section of Coburg Cemetery surrounded by headstones bearing Irish and Italian names poor Brigid and Mum's stillborn twin lie unidentified.

 

 

I love a cemetery tour but this time it was a personal and very sad connection. It was nice to go back  to Bonnie's and her two fine dogs, Molly and Clancy for afternoon tea

 

Molly

Clancy

 

It's a pity Clancy and Molly didn't make it to the Million Paws Walk earlier. But here's two fine Hawthorn-supporting canines who did

 

 

Goers and Stayers

Friday Night
Seven of the ten Lilydale Library Ladies reunited for dinner at Lindos. There were four who stayed on the sinking ship and three who took the money and ran.

Corrie (stayer) and Colleen (goer)

Emma (stayer)

Julie L (goer), Michelle (stayer) & Susan (stayer)

Great to see them all and hear the continuing saga although it's mostly gloom and doom.

Saturday Night
I took my chardonnay socialist sister to the Long Room to see the Hawks famous victory over the Swans. A great night but doesn't make up for the Grand Final last year. Not by a long way.

Sunday Morning
For the first time ever I hosted a Mothers' Day brunch. I made my trusty frittata and bought black current brioche. Hil brought home-made biscuits, cheese and quince paste. Yummy.
Caspie threw a variety of items into the 'duck pond' (Albert Park Lake) and enjoyed the spectacle of his grandfather retrieving them. He followed up by falling into a drain. At first he was upset then decided it was a fun place to be. Such is the mindset of a three-year old boy.

Caspie is 3 today

Unwrapping Arpa's present

It's a Duplo garbage truck

"Charlie and Lola" collected stories from Arma

Mummy's beautiful cup cakes to take to playgroup

 

Playgroup makes Caspie feel special

Caspie draws a purple "bayoon".

Abby adds "Caspar" to the Happy Birthday sign

"Very hungry caterpillar" cake

Rob holds Caspie on high as we sing "Happy Birthday"

Shubi's doobie doobie do

Last night all ten of us old Lilydale Library Ladies turned up to Geeta's daughter's big night. This was the Bharatha Natya Arangetram of 15-year old Shubangi and consisted of her performing traditional Indian dances alone for 3 and a half hours interrupted only by changes from one gorgeous costume into another. There was also an interval where we fuelled up on Indian tucker.

We ten were the only non-Indians there and looked like a row of little brown sparrows among a flock of exotic parrots.
It was great to catch up and nothing had changed between us although it had been months since we'd been together.

Shubi was sensational, so beautiful and talented and did her parents proud.

Easter Sunday

Hunting for eggs

Look what I found Daddy!

There's a big one in this tree!
 

Bunny sheriff

Bunny Arma

Bunny Woofy

Somersaulting chicken

D Chirico hot X bun

Found this on my pillow